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01

that the USS Enterprise was built at the shipyard in Riverside, Iowa?

02

that James T. Kirk graduated from Starfleet Academy in only three years?

03

that Sulu had hand-to-hand combat training in the form of fencing?

04

that at the age of 17, Chekov was assigned to the USS Enterprise as navigator?

05

that Christopher Pike wrote a dissertation on the USS Kelvin, in particular, the twelve minutes it was captained by George Kirk?

06

that Uhura was originally assigned to the USS Farragut before the USS Enterprise?

07

that Spock programmed the Kobayashi Maru scenario?

08

that all Leonard McCoy's ex-wife left him in the divorce was his bones?

09

that the USS Franklin was the first Earth ship to achieve warp 4?

10

that the USS Kelvin was only 75,000 kilometers from the Federation-Klingon border when it encountered a black hole created in 2387 by the detonation of a red matter device?

11

that the Dreadnought-class USS Vengeance was described as "twice the size, three times as fast" as the Constitution-class USS Enterprise?

12

that the coordinates 23.17.46.11 were not far from Earth, and were in fact near Io?

13

that Alexander Marcus talked Christopher Pike, who in turn talked James T. Kirk, into joining Starfleet?

14

that Carol Marcus had a doctorate in applied physics, specializing in advanced weaponry?

15

that "MACO" was an abbreviation for "Military Assault Command Operations"?

16

that turbolift cars aboard a Constitution-class starship could withstand being jettisoned into space?

17

that until the Battle of Earth, Montgomery Scott had never "beamed three people from two targets onto one pad before"?

18

that the name Section 31 came from the original Starfleet Charter, namely Article 14, Section 31?

19

that Jaylah "...like(ed) the beats and shouting" of Earth's classical music?

20

that George Kirk owned a PX70 motorcycle prior to his death and his son later discovered such a vehicle on Altamid?